Tuesday, July 24, 2007

This is a lecture by Bojana Skrt of Slovenia. It was the opening lecture of the World Schools Debate Workshop at the World Debate Institute. Others will follow. The World Schools format is rapidly becoming more and more popular for competition outside of the championship itself.

There are two sizes, one fairly small (36.9 MB) , and the other fairly large (podcast 399 MB).

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The Bickel and Brewer Foundation’s National Public Policy Forum is promoted and explained in the video below. It is a great competition and a great time. This is a short video put together by Bickel & Brewer and features a number of people who are involved in the event. Check out their website at http://www.bickelbrewer.com/index.php?id=debate

REMEMBER; YOUR CONNECTION SPEED TO THE INTERNET DOES MATTER, SO THE SLOWER YOUR CONNECTION THE MORE TIME IT WILL TAKE YOU TO ACCESS THESE FILES.

The final round of the Budva Open 2006 was held at the Queen of Montenegro Hotel just outside Budva in a lovely setting. The tournament had yielded these as the best two teams. Before a large audience, the media, and representatives of the Montenegro Education Ministry, Croatia debated Budva 1 on the motion, Brain drain should be regulated. The debate was a 3-0 decision for the proposition/affirmative.

REMEMBER; YOUR CONNECTION SPEED TO THE INTERNET DOES MATTER, SO THE SLOWER YOUR CONNECTION THE MORE TIME IT WILL TAKE YOU TO ACCESS THESE FILES.

Sunday, July 8, 2007

This grand final debate in the Asian format was on the motion, this house would support support private ownership of resources found in space.. The proposition team is composed of three students from Southeast Asia, while the opposition team is composed of three women from Ehwa University.

The decision by the house was for the opposition team.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

This semifinal debate in the Asian format was on the motion, this house believe that Japan should have a standing army. The proposition team is composed of three women from Ehwa University, while the opposition team is composed of three Korean students from different universities.

The decision by the house was for the proposition team.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

Famous debater for Ateneo de Manilla, Philippines, Eleanor Uy gives this talk at the 2005 Asian Debate Institute in Seoul, Korea.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

Tokyo University vs. Ehwa University in the finals. Thanks to Jason Jarvis for this video.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

Tokyo University vs, Ehwa University in the finals. Thanks to Jason Jarvis for this video.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

This debate was taped in 2005 at the Asian Debate Institute in Seoul, Korea. This debate takes place in the Asian format. The discussion centers on Japan and Korea.

My apologies for not knowing all of the names. Email me at alfred.snider@uvm.edu if you know their names and can help me.Proposition:UnkownJason Jarvis, Kyung Hee University, KoreaEleanor Uy, Ataneo, PhilippinesOpposition:Logan Belavigendran, MultiMedia University, MalaysiaUnknownIrma Nazarhan, International Islamic University, Malaysia

Masako Suzuki was the chair of this debate.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

There were six debaters and one trainer from Latin America attending the Parliamentary Debate Workshop at WDI (http://debate.uvm.edu/wdi/ ), and all of them have been working and debating in English.

It was decided shortly after arrival that after these students had learned a lot and improved their performance they would stage a debate in Spanish, a debate that would be videotaped along with a critique in Spanish by Alvaro Ferrer. The video would then be put on the web as well as made available on a DVD. This would be a very useful teaching tool not only for students from Latin America and Spain, but also for the millions of young people in the USA who have Spanish as one of their languages.

The topic was that the new governments in Latin America pose a threat to neoliberalism (“los actuales gobiernos latinamericanos son una amenaza para el sistema leoliberal”). Ricardo Gomez Caro teamed up with Luis Vidal Michea as the proposition team, while Marcelo Rivera Olave teamed up with Maximiliano Murah Mansilla.

The debate was very spirited and dynamic. My faulty Spanish was well challenged, but I could understand enough to follow the major arguments.

The four students were very excited, as were the Spanish-speaking students in the audience. They finally got to show how good they really are in their native language, even though we have been very impressed by their English-language debating.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

PHOTO: Instructor Kate Shuster, center, poses with some Latin American debaters at WDI 2006. Luis Vidal is on the far right.

This is extracted from a DVD produced by Universidad Andres Bello in Chile. The video gives basic instruction and background about the process of debating and how to debate and then offers extracts of Spanish language debate from Chile.

Thanks to Luis Vidal of Chile who made this DVD available while he was attending the 2006 World Debate Institute parliamentary debate instruction program (http://debate.uvm.edu/wdi/ ).

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

are updated to offer an easy way to survey the many relevant videos featuring real debate about issues that appear on YouTube.

No Need to search endlessly, as we locate and review these videos and then put the best on this site.

Very short videos (how could it be a debate at less than 4 minutes?) are not put on. See debates about the existence of God, the appropriateness of wife beating in the Koran, Pakistani nuclear testing, celebrity environmentalism and a lot more.

This debate took place at the Korea High School Debate Championship, August 2006. It was part of the judge training program that preceded the tournament. Judges had received World Schools Debating Championship training from chief adjudicator Bojana Skrt of Slovenia. After that they judged this debate and were evaluated based on their scores and reasons for decision.

The motion was: this house believes that water is more important than oil.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

At the World Debate Institute going on this summer at the University of Vermont there is a three credit graduate class for teachers, and the subject is debate across the curriculum. Using the textbook by Alfred Snider and Maxwell Schnurer Many Sides: debate across the curriculum and the extensive (30 plus workshops) training experience of Bojana Skrt the teachers have a week to learn about debating and how it can be applied to the classroom in almost any subject. For more information, when available, about next year’s workshop and class, go to http://debate.uvm.edu/wdi/ .

This debate is on the topic, JUNK FOOD SHOULD NOT BE SERVED IN SCHOOLS, and is designed to take place between students in a health class. The debaters include Jennifer LeTourneau, Amy WIlson, Glenn Steinman and Jeff Barber.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

This is the final round of the CEDA National Tournament held at the University of Louisville in 2004. The debate features Emory University vs. the University of North Texas. The talking is very fast but the sound track seems pretty clear. Thanks to the University of Louisville for this video.

THIS IS A LARGE FILE OF OVER 700 MB, SO BE PATIENT. I ADVISE DOWNLOADING FOR LATER VIEWING.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

This talk was given at the 2003 World Debate Institute held at the University of Vermont. The speaker is John Meany of the Claremont Colleges in California. The subject concerns various parliamentary debate formats used around the world.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

This talk was given at the 2003 World Debate Institute held at the University of Vermont. The speaker is Steve Woods of Western Washington University. The subject concerns speaker roles in a parliamentary debate.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

Les Lynn from Chicago sent me this video that tries to promote the fledgling debate program at Illinois. It uses old footage, the College Sports Television footage of the NDT as well as Urban Debate League footage from the CBS 60 Minutes story. It is an interesting watch.

Les says:

The University of Illinois -- Urbana/Champaign began competing in NDT debate in 2005, after more than 15 years off of the intercollegiate debate circuit. The restoration of the U. of I. debate society is being led by Student Senator Chime Asonye and Forrest Sumlar. Chime and Forrest are juniors, and both UDL graduates. This is a video representation of their advocacy and vision for the debate society at the University of Illinois.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

This talk was given at the 2003 World Debate Institute held at the University of Vermont. The speaker is Kate Shuster of the Claremont Colleges. The subject concerns how to critique arguments made in a parliamentary debate.

There are three ways to watch this video, in the order we suggest you use:1. Right click on the link to download, drag it into your iTunes application, watch it in full screen mode. Once it is downloaded you can watch it now, save it for later, or put it on another computer.2. Right click on the link to download and then watch it using your QuickTime application.3. Click on the link and watch it in a small browser window while it downloads.

Video Rights Statement

If there is a video here that was posted without your permission, let me know and I will be glad to take it down. We attempt to get full permission from everyone involved. You can even change your mind years later. Let me know how I can serve you, because your video content belongs to you. alfred.snider@uvm.edu

Video Archive Here

Debate Video

Here you will find a wide assortment of debating related videos, including debates, lectures, discussions, speeches and other material dealing with debating in all different styles and formats.

Use the search function to find more of what you want in our huge library.

Between February 2009 and May 2011 we have served over 2.3 million debate videos to users.

Recent Debate Videos at Vimeo

Visitor Origin

About Me

I am the Director of the World Debate Institute and the Edwin Lawrence Professor of Forensics, University of Vermont. I teach argumentation, persuasion, debate and related courses. I have: 40+ years experience, taught in 44 countries, trained from 51 countries, managed international conferences, hosted many debate tournaments, published or edited over 50 books, received many national and international awards for debate coaching and training, hosted 480+ television programs, done radio for 17 years, managed many busy websites (debate.uvm.edu), and used virtual reality for debate. At Brown University I was third at the USA National Debate Tournament and second at the USA National Tournament of Champions in 1972.